On February 11th, just two days after their historic first Ed Sullivan appearance, the Beatles would hitch a ride by train to Washington D.C. for a show at Washington Coliseum, their first American concert. The Beatles clowned it up with the press on the train ride from New York to Washington, which later inspired the train scenes in their first feature film 'A Hard Day's Night.'

The Beatles performance in Washington D.C. was filmed and later shown in American theatres in March 1964 as a closed-circuit video feed. The film has recently been available on DVD.

This television interview was filmed on-stage with the Beatles just after their press conference and just before doors were opened to the pubic for their Washington Coliseum performance.

The mention of "The Johnson Girls" refers to the daughters of then-President Lyndon B. Johnson.

- Jay Spangler, www.beatlesinterviews.org

Q: "Here I am surrounded by Beatles and I don't feel a thing. Fellas, how does it feel to be in the United States?"

RINGO: "It's great! Wonderful!"

PAUL AND GEORGE: "Very nice!"

Q: "What have you seen that you like best about our country?"

JOHN: "You!!"

(laughter)

Q: "Thank you very much. I'll take that under advisement. Now, do you have any plans or any arrangements to meet the Johnson girls?"

JOHN: "No. We heard they didn't like concerts."

GEORGE: "I didn't know they were on the show!"

(laughter)

Q: "They may come.... Are they coming to your show tonight?"

RINGO: "We don't know."

GEORGE: "I don't know."

PAUL: "We're not sure. But if they do, you know, we'd love it."

RINGO: "We'd like to meet them."

Q: "You and the snow came to Washington at the same time today. Which do you think will have the greater impact?"